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ABC Looks To Recreate Hit Magic Of 2004

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 7, 2011 @ 9:07am PSTTags: ABC Pilots, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Marc Cherry, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, Once Upon a Time, Shonda Rhimes, Shonda Rhimes Fixer Pilot, TV, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

At ABC, it feels a lot like 2004 this pilot season. Seven years ago, ABC had one of those lighting-in-a-bottle development cycle that resulted in the launch of 3 mega-hit new series in a single season – Marc Cherry’s Desperate Housewives, Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy and J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof’s Lost.

In a twist of a development fate, ABC’s drama pilot slate this year is highlighted by Cherry and Rhimes’s first creations since Housewives and Grey’s/spinoff Private Practice, respectively: Cherry has the small town drama pilot Hallelujah, and Rhimes penned an untitled drama pilot about a professional fixer. (Rhimes has exec produced other projects since, including series Off the Map and pilot Inside the Box, but this is the first script she has written.) Additionally, Lindelof was involved in the development of another ABC drama pilot this season, Once Upon a Time, from Lost executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. READ MORE »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC’s ‘Off The Map’ Debut Off On Chaotic Night, ‘Middle’ Shines

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 13, 2011 @ 11:07am PSTTags: ABC Ratings, CBS Ratings, Fox Ratings, Law & Order: SVU, Modern Family, NBC Ratings, Off the Map, Ratings Rat Race, Shonda Rhimes, The Middle, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: ABC just announced that it will preempt tonight’s episode of Private Practice to rebroadcast the premiere of Off the Map that was impacted by the Tucson memorial-related scheduling shifts last night. That will give the Shonda Rhimes-produced new medical drama the strongest and most compatible lead-in, an original of … Read More »

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TCA: For Shonda Rhimes, It’s All About What’s Next

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday January 10, 2011 @ 1:34pm PSTTags: ABC Off the Map, ABC Shonda Rhimes, Grey's Anatomy, Off the Map, Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes, TCA, Television Critics Association, TV

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA coverage:
Even at a panel session Monday morning promoting her next ABC drama series — the midseason medical hour Off the Map, premiering Wednesday night at 10 — Grey’s Anatomy and Private … Read More »

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TV TEASER: ABC’s Midseason ‘Off the Map’

By MICHAEL AUSIELLO, TV Columnist | Monday December 20, 2010 @ 10:00am PSTTags: ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Off the Map, ABC Shonda Rhimes, Caroline Dhavernas, Jenna Bans, Martin Henderson, Off the Map, Shonda Rhimes, TV, Zach Gilford

Here’s an exclusive first look at the extended teaser for Off the Map, ABC’s new medical hour from Shonda Rhimes and Jenna Bans that’s set to premiere on January 12. The drama revolves around a group of doctors working at a medical clinic in the South American jungle and stars  … Read More »

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ABC Greenlights Shonda Rhimes Pilot About Crisis Management

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday December 18, 2010 @ 10:06am PSTTags: ABC Development, ABC Shonda Rhimes, Shonda Rhimes, Shonda Rhimes Pilot, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has ordered its first pilot this development season, and fittingly, it is from the network’s most prolific writer-producer Shonda Rhimes. The untitled project, about the life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff, is … Read More »

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‘Off the Map’ Gets Wednesday 10 PM Slot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 2, 2010 @ 2:22pm PDTTags: ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Scheduling, Brothers & Sisters, Jenna Bans, Off the Map, Shonda Rhimes, TV, TV Scheduling
Nellie Andreeva

Shonda Rhimes/Jenna Bans’ new ABC medical drama Off the Map will premiere Jan. 12 and will succeed the network’s recently cancelled new legal drama The Whole Truth in the Wednesday 10 PM time slot. ABC had originally planned to … Read More »

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Scott Foley Joins ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 29, 2010 @ 7:30am PDTTags: Grey's Anatomy, Scott Foley, Shonda Rhimes, TV, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

A big new addition to Grey’s Anatomy – Scott Foley has joined the hit ABC medical drama in a major recurring role. He will play a patient and potential love interest for Kim Raver’s Iraqi veteran Dr. Teddy Altman. Introducing … Read More »

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ABC Studios To Mark Gordon – “Completely Inappropriate”; Shonda Rhimes Reacts

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday August 12, 2010 @ 5:13pm PDTTags: Mark Gordon, Mark Gordon ABC Studios, Mark Gordon N-Word, Shonda Rhimes

UPDATE: Mark Gordon Apologizes To PGA
Producer Mark Gordon Uses N-Word Twice At TV Table Read: Lifetime Notifies ABC Studios “This Needs To Be Dealt … Read More »

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Rachelle Lefevre Joins ABC’s ‘Off The Map’ As Regular; AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Adds Two

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: ABC, AMC, Comic Books, Michael Rooker, Norman Reedus, Off the Map, Rachelle Lefevre, Shonda Rhimes, The Walking Dead, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

RachelleFormer Twilight co-star Rachelle Lefevre has joined the cast of the Shonda Rhimes-produced new ABC medical drama Off the Map as a regular. Additionally, AMC officially announced the casting of Michael Rooker (Jumper) and Norman Reedus (The Boondock Saints) in its upcoming series … Read More »

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